2018
MR-based motion correction for cardiac PET parametric imaging: a simulation study
Guo R, Petibon Y, Ma Y, El Fakhri G, Ying K, Ouyang J. MR-based motion correction for cardiac PET parametric imaging: a simulation study. EJNMMI Physics 2018, 5: 3. PMID: 29388075, PMCID: PMC5792384, DOI: 10.1186/s40658-017-0200-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-motion-correctedPositron emission tomography-magnetic resonanceMR-based motion correctionRespiratory motionMotion correctionActivity distributionMotion correction methodRespiratory gatingPET sinogramsNoise levelCardiac gatingMRI simulationOne-tissue compartment modelNoise realizationsMC methodPET dataCardiac motionReduce motion blurParametric imagesIncreased noise levelConclusionsThis simulation studyArterial input functionPET imagingGateMyocardial regions
2014
Towards coronary plaque imaging using simultaneous PET-MR: a simulation study
Petibon Y, Fakhri G, Nezafat R, Johnson N, Brady T, Ouyang J. Towards coronary plaque imaging using simultaneous PET-MR: a simulation study. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2014, 59: 1203-1222. PMID: 24556608, PMCID: PMC4061607, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/5/1203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComputer SimulationCoronary AngiographyCoronary StenosisHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance AngiographyModels, CardiovascularMultimodal ImagingPhantoms, ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsSimultaneous PET-MRChannelized Hotelling observerAttenuation mapMotion correctionPET-MRFluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography imagingRespiratory motion fieldsMotion correction methodCho SNRMotion correction techniqueAnthropomorphic phantomUncorrected reconstructionsRespiratory motionXCAT phantomCoronary plaque imagingMonte Carlo simulationsPET reconstructionXCATActivity distributionCardiac gatingNon-rigid registrationHotelling observerCarlo simulationsPlaque imagingPhantom